Disparities of cancer incidence in Michigan's American Indians: spotlight on breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In American Indians (AIs), cancer is a leading cause of mortality, yet their disease burden is not fully understood due to unaddressed racial misclassification in cancer registries. This study describes cancer trends among AIs in Michigan, focusing on breast cancer, in a linked data set of Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal, and state cancer registry data adjusted for misclassification.

Methods

AI status was based on reported race and linkage to IHS data and tribal registries. Data with complete linkage on all incident cancer cases in Michigan from 1995 to 2004 was used to calculate age-standardized incidence estimates for invasive all-site and female breast cancers stratified by racial group. For female breast cancers, stage- and age-specific incidence and perce

SUBMITTER: Roen EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4147948 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature